deception

peach teardrops over marching ants crawling
backwards
dried sap stuck on twig-like fingers under
tapestries
you woe me with plastic
love

fast pace two-stepping on hardwood floors wet all
over
rough slippage bare-back sliding on our limbs reaching
forward
false gripping on phantom holsters in
the dark

never felt like this

i do not recall

when


you stitched your smile sideways
revealed dimples on hills of sully

tip toed past thumbnails

poking-
out
to
get
me
planted by past lovers
hanging above your head
eyes dancing in the humidity
damp rooms keep your mind static
from untamed phobias
till you realize 

the deception